Ed & Jed - How to Sell an Idol without really trying
Who: Captain Jed & Eddie Monsoon
Where: Starbug 1
When: After escaping from the Welsh Terrorists
"Yee-Hah Pardner! We did it!" cried Jed from his position at the Co-
Pilot console. He placed the fat Cuban Cigar in his mouth and lit it
with the dashboard mounted lighter. He pressed one of his Dolly
Parton cassettes into the Stereo and a long winded guitar intro
played over the Cockpit's tiny speaker system.
"We did it Jed, we did - I can't believe we got away with it."
laughed a starry-eyed Eddie, dreaming about his own private brewery
on some moon, surrounded with scantily clad maidens of dubious morals.
"We should be back at the `Dwarf in no time pardner, from there I can
get in contact with `Howlin' Mad' Hugo Boxton. He should be able to
find us a buyer for the idol. Heck, I can think of literally hundreds
of people who'd want it!" said Jed, between puffs of his cigar. Eddie
however wasn't listening, he was dreaming about his brewery again.
Twenty minutes later, Starbug 1 pulled into Docking Bay 2 and Eddie
and Jed disembarked, Jed carrying the Idol in a worn leather holdall,
not wanting to arouse suspicion. They caught the Xpress Elevator down
to the promenade and made their way along it towards the seedier end.
Here, amongst the various brothels and dens of iniquity they found a
small bar. The bar was easily unnoticeable, so was the best place to
meet their contact.
Hugo, or Howling Mad as he liked to be known, sat in the shady corner
of the bar - a bottle of a dark green on the table in front of him
and a freshly rolled cigarette of New Texan Triple-Strength Tobacco,
taking liberal drags on it. He watched Jed walk across the dimly lit
room towards him in a I'm-not-walking-over-to-you sort of walk, and
Eddie following nervously behind him.
"Jed mate" whispered Eddie "can we trust this geezer? He looks a bitÂ…
criminal"
"Edward Monsoon, you forget that both you and I are ALSO criminals,
both wanted for various crimes across half a dozen systems. I think
we can trust him don't you?" Jed hissed back. He moved across to the
table and sat down, to begin their negotiations.
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